NYT ACROSS CLUES 1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor ofMATH 5 Some lunchbox sammiesPBJS 9 AbrasiveHARSH 14 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapperICET 15 McFlurry flavorOREO 16 Walled city near MadridAVILA 17 Just like ___THAT 18 Grant consideration, sometimesNEED 19 Hell of a guy?SATAN 20 Things with hardware and software componentsCOMPUTERSYSTEMS 23 Quickly join a call, ...
Author: Greg Snitkin Editor: Will Shortz Across What Professor Moriarty was a professor of MATH Some lunchbox sammies PBJS Abrasive HARSH “O.G. Original Gangster” rapper ICET McFlurry flavor OREO Walled city near Madrid AVILA Just like ___ THAT Grant consideration, sometimes NEED Hell of a guy? ...
Author: Nate Cardin Editor: Will Shortz Across Cinnamon or cardamom SPICE Big-ticket ___ ITEM From the beginning ANEW Hot drink with marshmallows COCOA Foal’s mother MARE Sweeping tale SAGA Signs that it’s time to take out the trash ODORS “Toy Story” dachshund with a springy body ...
Author: Joe Marquez Editor: Will Shortz Across Little spheres in a pod PEAS “___ mañana!” HASTA Salt Lake City’s home UTAH Language in Pakistan URDU Out-spoken? ALOUD Canceled, as a mission NOGO Where silt builds up to create a delta RIVERMOUTH Two-person acts DUOS Former stadium ...
Author: Scott Hogan and Katie Hale Editor: Will Shortz Across Favors ASKS Slathered in sauce, in restaurant-speak WET Letters on security camera footage CCTV Big flings HEAVES “Pet” you wouldn’t take to the vet CHIA Cosecant’s reciprocal SINE Cookie with its name on it OREO One ...
Author: Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa Editor: Will Shortz Across ___ Jean Covey, protagonist of Jenny Han’s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” LARA Has a grate voice? RASPS Perfume named after a pop star RIRI In time EVENTUALLY [I’m right here, you know] AHEM ...
Author: Larry Snyder Editor: Will Shortz Across Formal affirmative YESMAAM Home of the prehistoric Ggantija temples MALTA Absolute drivel UTTERROT Longtime TV news colleague of Pelley, Cooper and Whitaker STAHL Queso, e.g. CHEESEDIP Prestigious award established after its founder purportedly read his premature obituary NOBEL One ...
Author: Dan Schoenholz Editor: Will Shortz Across Hot topping for a cone? LAVA Practical joke JAPE Tricky billiard shot MASSE Way off AFAR Ensconced in AMID Asian dog breed AKITA *Ensign NOPARKING Rich sources of beta carotene KALES Joint DOOBIE One of millions in New Zealand ...
Author: Jeffrey Martinovic Editor: Will Shortz Across Something a student may cut CLASS Doesn’t bother LETSBE Team V.I.P.s, in brief GMS Author of “The Eagle and the Fox” and “The Fox and the Lion” AESOP Where to watch the Lightning and Hurricanes ARENAS Porridge grain OAT ...
Author: Robert S. Gard Editor: Will Shortz Across Mail inits. since 1971 USPS ___-Carlton (hotel chain) RITZ Lettuce or cabbage MOOLA Small recess NOOK Drill (into) BORE Hero of Narnia in C. S. Lewis novels ASLAN Evidence of a day at the beach BIKINITAN In a ...
Author: Adam Wagner Editor: Will Shortz Across Suggest without saying IMPLY “Up, up and ___!” AWAY Six years, for a U.S. senator TERM Birds that go “HONK!” GEESE Any of 116 in Japan’s Inazawa Grand Bowl, the world’s largest bowling alley LANE Major work of art ...
Author: Sid Sivakumar Editor: Will Shortz Across Mess hall patrons, in brief GIS Theater backdrop SCRIM Stressful work? POEM Disorganized stack HEAP Home screen array APPS Port container CARAFE Clean hands, so to speak INNOCENCE Spill (over) SLOP Strict sales limit, informally ONEPER Slow-cooked entrees POTROASTS ...
Author: Spencer Leach and Jem Burch Editor: Will Shortz Across Headache helper ADVIL Tot’s scratches BOOBOOS Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal SORBET Source of a foul odor when wool is washed LANOLIN Going after the big bucks, say INHEAT Creature catcher in gaming POKEBALL ...